Cruz’s total votes last night were the highest ever for a Republican, higher than any previous caucus in IOWA.
Guess what, 5,000 votes behind him was the second biggest Republican vote getter of all Time Donald J. Trump.
I don’t think that was a humiliating performance. Cruz spent tons of money and had 12,000 Texans camping out for a month to help him. Ministers were ordering whole Churches to get to the polls.
Trump spend the second least per vote , amazing, he didn’t have 12,000 people camped out, or congregations being ordered to the polls.
If Branstad had endorsed Trump, used his political machine built over the past 20 years, all his State employees given marching orders to help get Trump elected it would have leveled the playing field. Branstad was to cute and gutless to go all in for Trump, and we know he didn’t want Cruz. Branstad was the biggest loser of the night. IOWA pick Cruz and thus will go 20 years picking a loser. All those losers on Branstad’s watch.
Trump underperformed the polling; that’s a fact. But still, as you correctly point out he scored an impressive second place.
What I don’t get is the sudden media infatuation with Rubio. It seems a bit insincere to me.
As for Cruz’s chances going forward, you would be making a huge mistake to discount them as you seem to do. It’s far more likely that Trump’s thin glossy surface will start to wear off, and the real Trump start showing through.
Let’s talk again mid-March and compare notes.